Loch Leven, Kinrosshire

[frogesque]

There hasn't been a 'Bonspiel' grand curling match on Loch Leven since 1959. Could 2010 be a year for another historic event? It probably needs another week of good sub zero temperatures to be safe.

The ice apeared to be about 3" thick and felt very solid (please be extremely careful on frozen ponds and lakes, they can be, and are, lethal)

[Methuselah]

Great pics, Frog...Wasn't '63 cold enough??? Whatever, I hope you get it this time.

[carinthian]

Great shots. When Scotland hits the cold jackpot, no where nicer. Enjoy, much better than those damp SWly pumping low cloud and mild weather into the Highlands. Please send some of that snowfall over to Austria !!! running short here at the moment after the "fohn Christmas "

C

[trickydicky]

Looks awesome. I'm going upto Glenelg (nowhere near there I know) for a wee holiday on the 16th, hope the weather holds for me, I've got a day or two's skiing planned!

[frogesque]

Great pics, Frog...Wasn't '63 cold enough??? Whatever, I hope you get it this time.

I think there was a Bonspiel in '63 but it was played on the Lake of Montieth. Also held there in '79

Great shots. When Scotland hits the cold jackpot, no where nicer. Enjoy, much better than those damp SWly pumping low cloud and mild weather into the Highlands. Please send some of that snowfall over to Austria !!! running short here at the moment after the "fohn Christmas "

C

Yep, we've done well this year. Away from the coast there's 6" - 8" of snow. Probably best descibed as 1" of powder on a firm to icy base. Probably a lot more up in the Highlands but we just went for a wee run since the back roads are pretty gruesome where they've not been treated.

[frogesque]

Created a panoramic of the loch (autostitch)

[SteveB]

Beautiful photos, love the photos of the mountains.

Edited January 3, 2010 by SteveB